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Rumsfeld's Peers Speak Out

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says history will judge him kindly, but former colleagues in the Bush Administration are beginning to speak out. Robert Draper is author of Dead Certain , a book based in part on six hours of interviews with former President Bush and others, including cabinet members.

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says history will judge him kindly, but former colleagues in the Bush Administration are beginning to speak out. Robert Draper is author of Dead Certain, a book based in part on six hours of interviews with former President Bush and others, including cabinet members. Now, as national correspondent for GQ, he’s reporting the views of Bush administration insiders with what Draper calls “intense feelings of ill will” toward Donald Rumsfeld.

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    Robert Draper

    writer for the New York Times Magazine, author of “Weapons of Mass Delusion: When the Republican Party Lost Its Mind”

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